7Accrediting law courses and practical legal training providers

#### 7 Accrediting law courses and practical legal training providers 7 Accrediting law courses and practical legal training providers > > (1) For the purposes of section 29 of the Uniform Law, the Board may, from time to time in accordance with this rule, accredit either or both of the following— > > > > > (a) a law course for the purpose of providing the academic qualifications prerequisite specified in rule 5 (1), > > > > > (b) a practical legal training provider for the purpose of providing the practical legal training prerequisite specified in rule 6 (1). > > > (2) In considering whether to accredit a course or provider referred to in subrule (1), the Board— > > > > > (a) must take into account any appraisal criteria for such courses or providers from time to time endorsed for use in other Australian jurisdictions, and > > > > > (a1) must take into account any report of a review conducted under rule 8 in relation to the course or provider, and > > > > > (b) may have regard to any other matter it considers material. > > > (3) The Board may accredit a course or provider referred to in subrule (1) on any conditions that it may specify, including without limitation any condition relating to the duration of accreditation. > > > (4) Unless the Board determines otherwise, any law course or practical legal training provider that is recognised by another Australian jurisdiction as— > > > > > (a) satisfying either or both the academic requirements and the practical legal training requirements for admission in that jurisdiction, and > > > > > (b) requiring a student successfully to complete either or both of the academic qualifications prerequisite specified in rule 5 (1) and the practical legal training prerequisite specified in rule 6 (1), > > > > is deemed respectively to be accredited by the Board under this rule, provided that the Board is also satisfied that— > > > > > (c) the relevant law course is in all significant respects substantially equivalent to law courses accredited under subrule (1) (a) in this jurisdiction, or > > > > > (d) the practical legal training provided by the relevant practical legal training provider is in all significant respects substantially equivalent to practical legal training provided by practical legal training providers accredited under subrule (1) (b) in this jurisdiction, > > > > as the case requires. > > > (5) The Board must publish on its website the name of each course or provider from time to time accredited by it under subrule (1). > > > (6) The Board may accredit any law course or practical legal training provider that provides either or both of the specified academic qualifications prerequisite or the specified practical legal training prerequisite wholly or partly on-line. > > > (7) The Board may, as the Board thinks fit, by notice in writing to a law course provider or a practical legal training provider— > > > > > (a) in the case of a law course provider, withdraw the accreditation of any law course offered by that provider, or > > > > > (b) in the case of a practical legal training provider, withdraw the accreditation of that provider, or > > > > > (c) in either case, impose or vary any condition attached to that accreditation. > > > (8) It is a condition of the accreditation of any law course or practical legal training provider that, unless the Board determines otherwise, the costs of any accreditation, monitoring or review are borne by the relevant provider. > > **rule 7:** Am 2019 (231), Sch 1 \[3\]–\[5\].